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Commercial Construction Strategies: Adaptive Reuse for Big Box Retail

HardHatChat

With a number of traditional retailers closing locations or going out of business, they are leaving millions of square feet behind for redevelopment. Our first experience with this was turning an old Kmart into a mixed-use retail development. This adaptive reuse trend is now extending to abandoned big-box buildings.

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American Girl’s New York City Flagship Store: An Englewood Construction Retail Showcase

HardHatChat

Earlier this year, one of our favorite clients, American Girl, announced plans to take its brand on the road via an American Girl musical debuting with a nationwide tour this fall. Typically, when building out a first-floor retail space, we can remove storefront windows in order to bring in oversized equipment and materials.

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Amazon Creating 1,500 Jobs At Two New Hampton Roads, VA Locations

Business Facilities

The online retailer will create 1,000 jobs at a new robotics fulfillment center in Suffolk, and 500 at an import processing center in Chesapeake. Read: Amazon Creating 1,500 Jobs At Two New Hampton Roads, VA Locations at BusinessFacilities.com.

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Go-ahead for £500m Hertfordshire town centre scheme

Construction Enquirer

A joint venture between Bowmer & Kirkland’s property arm Peveril and retail developer Sovereign Centros has secured planning for a £500m town centre retail and leisure scheme in Hertfordshire. New town centre retail and leisure hub in Hertfordshire It will sustain 2,000 jobs during construction.

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Broomfield, Colo., Launches $350M Reuse Makeover of Under-Utilized Retail Spaces

ENR Construction

The 24-acre project will include an outdoor pavilion, a 2-acre park, and new roads and restaurant sites.

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Road Trips, Restaurants, and Customer Service

Viewpoint Construction Technology

On a recent road trip to visit a client, I noticed all of the fast food restaurants along the interstate. Whether you’re in the construction software industry, a general contractor , or even a retail storeowner, successful businesses make good customer service a priority. The Value of Customer Service.

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What Is Road Pattern | Different Types of Road Patterns | Grid Pattern Definition | Radial Pattern | Rectangular or Block Pattern | Minimum Travel Pattern

CivilJungle

Introduction of Road Pattern. However, recent development in cities does not give importance to the study of the road patterns that give rise to numerous roads that are not interconnected, housing schemes and commercial developments built far away from where roads are very distant from the centre of the town.

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